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Modelling Waikato Farm Nitrogen Discharges for Policy Analysis

Ramilan, Thiagarajah; Scrimgeour, Frank G. - 2005

proposed policy options in the Upper Waikato catchment. In the first phase nitrogen emissions are determined for representative …

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Optimal Regional Policies to Control Manure Nutrients to Surface and Ground Waters

Iho, Antti; Parker, Doug; Zilberman, David - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013

nutrient applications deteriorate groundwater (nitrogen) and surface water quality (nitrogen and/or phosphorus). Due to … differences in environmental and economic characteristics, adjacent regions may have differing objectives for nitrogen and …. As the prevailing regulatory tool for livestock production is the Nutrient Management Plan based on nitrogen standard …

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MANAGING MANURE TO IMPROVE AIR AND WATER QUALITY

Aillery, Marcel P.; Gollehon, Noel R.; Johansson, Robert C. - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2005

Animal waste from confined animal feeding operations is a potential source of air and water quality degradation from evaporation of gases, runoff to surface water, and leaching to ground water. This report assesses the potential economic and environmental tradeoffs between water quality policies...

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Tradable Substitution Rights: Simulation of the Cost-Efficiency of a Nitrogen Reduction in the Pig Finishing Sector

Carlier, Peter Jan; Lauwers, Ludwig H.; Mathijs, Erik - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2005

To comply with the European Nitrate Directive, the Flemish manure policy has been elaborated mainly on the base of command and control measures (maximum fertilisation limits etc.). In literature, however, tradable permits are described as a cost efficient and effective instrument. Applied to...

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Precision Feeding in Dairy Ration Cost Minimization Under Producer's Risk Management

Salim, Juma K.; Dillon, Carl R. - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2007

The biophysical simulation data from Cornell Net Carbohydrate and Protein System were used in non-linear programming model for least cost ration incorporating ingredient nutrient and price variations. Precision feeding practice indicated to have lower mean cost ration than whole herd feeding in...

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Effects of Nutrient Restrictions on Confined Animal Facilities: Insights from a Structural Model

Baerenklau, Kenneth A.; Nergis, Nermin; Schwabe, Kurt A. - Western Agricultural Economics Association - WAEA - 2007

-crop operation is calibrated with data from a representative farm and is used to predict the effects of nitrogen regulations. Policy …

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Modelling Waikato Farm Nitrogen Discharges for Policy Analysis

Ramilan, Thiagarajah; Scrimgeour, Frank G. - New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2005

proposed policy options in the Upper Waikato catchment. In the first phase nitrogen emissions are determined for representative …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008802822

An Economic Assessment of Policy Options To Reduce Agricultural Pollutants in the Chesapeake Bay

Ribaudo, Marc; Savage, Jeffrey; Aillery, Marcel P. - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2014

nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment necessary to reverse declines in the Bay’s quality and associated biological resources …

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